Pretty faces hide dark secrets

He had to admit, the royal library was beautiful. As a matter of fact, Christo had never seen anything quite like it. The gems that adorned the walls shimmered in the pale light of Luna's moon. He could have stood there and admired the scenery all night, but he had a job to do. And from the looks of it, it would take him all night. He started searching in the E section of the library but to no avail. He then looked over in the S section but with no luck. He was running out of time and had to find the book fast. he had no other choice than to consult the directory for the book he wanted. After a bit of searching and a few almost close calls with a desk lamp he found it, the directory.

"Hmmm, lets see here, Secret spells of Equestria, where are you. Ahh there you are, you are currently, hmm, no that can't be right." he mumbled to himself. he was slightly confused. He knew the book would be here, but it was checked out. And to none other than Twilight Sparkle. Oh how rich this was. He was going to have to visit his old lab partner. Thankfully he knew where she was currently and it wouldn't be hard to get there. He just had to get to the train by.. "oh my it leaves in 10 minutes." He quickly teleported out of the library and to the train station.When he got there he was sourounded by other ponies. a few of them were caught by surprise by his sudden appearance but most were to caught up in their own business to notice. As the doors opened and let the ponies on, he was stopped by the conductor.

"Ahem, ticket please." He said in a gruff voice holding out a hoof. the conductors eyes started to glow cobalt blue, the same color as Christo's horn.

"Oh no, I appear to have lost my ticket. I'm sure that wont be a problem, will it?" Christo said.

"Not at all." The conductor said with a blank expression on his face."

"As a matter of fact could you escort me to my seat. This crowd is making me feel, uncomfortable."Christo said in his most convincing voice. The conductor just grunted and started shoving through the crowd. Several ponies complained but most just kept shuffling their way towards the train.  As Christo boarded the train, he considered what he should once he got to ponyville. He decided to cross that bridge when he came to it.When the conductor found him a seat and left him there to relax some other ponies came and boarded the car he was on. Christo pulled his hood further over his head and sat here quietly.

"It was so much fun being in canter lot," one of them said behind him.

"Ya, too bad Twilight couldn't come and had to go the Gryphon kingdom." Another said. Now this got his attention. He turned around and faced the ponies who were blabbing about some nonsense.

"You know Twilight?" Christo asked. They all turned their heads to face him. "Twilight, you know her." Christo asked again.

"Depends, What do you want with her." An orange mare with a brown stetson perched atop her head asked.

"I'm an old friend," he said dropping his hood and letting his gray mane fall down his shoulders. "Names Christo." He said holding out a hoof. I'm moving town and i was gonna drop into twilight when i got there.

"Oh a new pony!" a small, pink pony with a springy mane. "We should have a party!" She exclaimed pulling out a a big blue cannon and lighting the fuse. Christo ducked down and waited for an explosion, but none came. He peeked over the edge to see the orange pony scolding the pink one.

"Now pinkie, it's obvious he's shy. He just met yall." She scolded.

"Alright applejack." Pinkie said in a slightly deflated tone. The orange one must have noticed him.

"Names Applejack." She said offering her hoof. Christo reached out and shook it. "C'mon yall, introduce yourselves. She said. The whit pony in the back spoke up first.

"Pleasure to meet you darling, im Rarity." She said. Next spoke a cyan pegasus.

"I'm Rainbowdash." She said with an arrogant smile. "The crazy ones pinkie." And that left the pony right behind him. She looked to Christo shyly and met his eyes and then turned away. Christo tapped her on the shoulder and said.

"Oh come on now, what's your name. I don't bite." He said in a joking manner. She looked up at him and he gave her a warm smile.

"Fluttershy, my name is, Fluttershy." She said shyly.

"Oh my goodness, fluttershy, the fluttershy. The Fluttershy that convinced a dragon to stop attacking pony vile and take a nap instead. That fluttershy. Christo said in mock adulation.

"I-I guess so." She said blushing heavily.

"It, is an honor." Christo said kneeling down and bowing his head. All the ponies in the train car giggled. Christo had a feeling that ponyville wasn't going to be to bad. Sucks that he was only gonna be there for a few days.

"So, tell us Christo, how was twilight back when you guys knew each other." Rarity asked.

"Oh me and twilight were students together. We were actually roommates. He said. I studied under HalfBreed while twilight studied under celestia. I was usually ahead of her. Mainly because she wanted to do everything by the book. She wasn't willing to be original." Christo said.

"Tell us some stories! Oh please oh please oh please." Pinkie said pulling a chair out of no where.

"Alright alright. Hmm where to begin. Oh yes. There was this one time twilight had been trying to perfect an aging spell. She never did get it right. But one time in the court yard she was practicing and I snuck up behind her. I scared her and she accidentally miss fired the spell and it hit a pony named willow. While twilight was slugging me in the arm, willow came over and hit her upside the head with her cane." Every pony in the car busted out laughing. And Christo began to tell more stories about his past with twilight long into the evening.

"And when she was sleeping, I put the potion in her mane and when she woke up it was just like celestia's mane, except shorter." Every pony in the car started laughing again.

"Man Christo, I can't believe Twilight never told us about you before." Applejack said.

"She hasn't told you about me before. Figures, she must still be mad at me." Christo said

"About what?" Applejack asked.

"Oh some things happened, bad stuff went down." Christo said.

"Like what kind of bad stuff." She asked.

"Oh, I'll tell ya about it in the morning." Christo said with a yawn. He liked these ponies. He shouldn't but he did. But he knew not to get to attached. Bad things happened when he got attached.